Swain v. State

Error is assigned upon the court’s charge on the subject of conspiracy, on the ground that there was no evidence to authorize such a charge. Robert Thomas and the defendant, Oscar Swain, were indicted for the murder of Cromwell Reid: The defendant only was on trial here. He was found guilty of manslaughter. Charlie Parks, an embalmer, testified in part for the State that the deceased died as the result of a knife wound in his heart, and that there were three knife wounds on his body. Julia Mae Tatum testified with respect to an altercation at her house which resulted in the killing. With…